Ssaku004 vs The Spitfire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ssaku004
Experience a retro vertical scroll shooting game with 16 distinct areas to explore. Destroy enemy planes and strategic gun batteries to earn points. Discover hidden characters for an added challenge.
- Retro 2D vertical scroll shooting gameplay
- 16 distinct game areas
- Destroy gun batteries and enemy planes
- Earn points for destruction
- Hidden character discovery
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This is a retro vertical scroll shooting game. The gun battery and the launcher are arranged on the map of 16 AREAs. The point can be obtained when the gun battery and the launcher and the enemy plane ejected from the launcher is destroyed. There is also hidden characters -- Please search! (16 AREAs are included. 4 AREAs are Free.)
The Spitfire
Engage in a classic top-down shooting experience where your goal is to survive for as long as possible by eliminating waves of enemies. This project is the developer's first creation using the libGDX framework and Java.
- Top-down shooting gameplay
- Enemy elimination
- Survival mode
- LibGDX project
- Java development
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A simple top-down shooter game. Survive as long as you can while shooting down enemies! This is my very first libGDX project written in Java. Code available (MIT license) on https://github.com/bartekpacia/spitfire
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Spitfire at none against Ssaku004's 1. Ssaku004's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 14.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Ssaku004 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Spitfire asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Ssaku004 against 4.0 for The Spitfire. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Ssaku004 ships an update every 5 months, The Spitfire every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Ssaku004 | The Spitfire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Hiroyuki Sasayama | Bartek Pacia |
Customer experience
Ssaku004
The Spitfire
In-app purchases
Ssaku004
- All AREAs$1.99
The Spitfire
No in-app purchases
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